Hinako Shirai
The main character. A year before the beginning of this story, Hinako made it to the finals of a prestigious international ballet competition, and it seemed that the door to success stood wide open for her...until she injured her foot and was forced to withdraw.

She did not fully recover. Weighed down by the sadness of being unable to dance, she became quiet and introverted. But she never forgot the ballet lessons she took every day for ten years, and clings to hope that one day she will dance again.